Car-axle lubricator



(No Model.)

W. MEGATHE Y.

UAR AXLE LUBRIGATOR.

170. 337,779. Patented Mar. 9. 1886.

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\VILLIAM MEGATHEY, OF CLEVELAND, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO THOMAS CURREY, OF CLEVELAND, AND THOMAS E. KEAVY, OF

KENT, OHIO.

CAR-AXLE. LUBRICATOR.

FY'PECIE'ICJLTIOII forming part of Letters Patent I50. 337,779, dated IVIarch 9, 1886.

Application filed December 5, 1-383. Serial X0. 113,019. (I\'o model.)

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of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Railway-Axle-Journal Lubricator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The invention relates to an oiler for railwayaxlejournals, the nature of which consists in an arrangement of two or more oil-feeding rollers in connection with an oil cup or box, which is placed in the chamber of the journal-box case so as to he removable. The said rollers are in connection with oil in the said cup, by which rollers it is conveyed to the axle-journal, which is in slight contact with the rollers. By this arrangement oil is conveyed up to thejournal by means of the rollers, which are caused to revolve by the rotation of the journal.

That the invention may be more fully described and understood, reference will be had to the annexed drawings, and to the following specification, taken in connection with said drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of the case in direction of the lines 00 so in Fig. 2, and showing an end view of the rollers. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 a side view.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the oil cup or box, provided with an oilchamber, B, Fig. 1. The top of the said chamber is closed over with a curved covering, as seen at C O, inac cordancewiththediameterofthejournal. (Indicated at D.) This covering may bearemovable cap or cover, in the central portion of which is an elongated slot, E, Figs. 1 and 2, in which slot is an oil-feeding roller, F, which is journaled at Gin avertical groove. (ludicated by the dotted line H, Fig. 1.)

Directly below the rollers Fis j ournaled the oil-feeding roller I, (indicated in Figs. 1 and 3,) which has its bearings J in the groove H, the same as with the upper roller, F. Under the journals J J of the lower roller are placed springs K, one of which is represented in Fig. 1. A metallic springis preferred, so as not to be injured by the action or the oil in the cup B.

The form of the spring is not material, it

by which means the upper roller is brought in contact with thejournal D. The frictional contact of the two rollers and the journal cause the said rollers to rotate as the journal revolves.

The lower roller being in the oil which is placed in the chamber 13, by its rotation is carried up to the roller F above, from which it is taken up by the journal which is in contact with the upper one and revolves it, as the train is in motion, by the rotation of the axle. By this arrangement the oil is conveyed to the axle according to the speed of the train, as more oil is required in fast running than in slow, so that the rollers will move in feeding up the oil to the journal according to the speed of the cars.

Depending from the cap or cover 0 are two flanges, L L, between which the roller F revolves. These flanges prevent the spattering or throwing of oil from the roller in case they revolve with su'liicient velocity to do so. The oil gathered on the flanges will run down into the oil'chamber, thereby preventing waste of the material.

In place of the springs being adjusted to and under the journal JJ, there may be springs M, Figs. 1 and 3, placed under the oil-cup A, or at such points or in such position as to raise up the said cup, so that the upper roller F will be in contact with the journal and produce the same results in rotating the rollers and oiling the journal as though the springs were in the position first described.

For the convenience of filling the oilchamber B, a spout, N, Fig. 3, is connected with the oil-cup and opens into it, as shown in Fig. 1. The spout is arranged to extend up so as to be directly under the cover of the journal-box case, so that on lifting off the cover the oil may be readily poured into the chamber B through the said spout.

The described oiler is designed to be adapted for use within the case or shell of the ordinary railway-journal box, and by slight changes in the form can be applied to all the usual journal-box cases without altering or changing their construction or detaching them from the truck for alteration.

The described oiler can readily be placed in or removed from the journal-box without disturbing any of the parts of said box, and ar ranged with two or more oil feeding rollers.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to provide a car-axle box with a removable lubricantholder having supporting-springs and geared rollers for carrying the lubricant to the journal of the axle. I am 'also aware that it is not new to arrange a perforated hollow roller in an axle-box with spring-supports, the said roller being filled with an absorbent and supported on springs, and therefore do not claim such constructions.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

The journal -1ubricator herein described, consisting of the case A, having its top curved downwardly toward the center and terminating in two inward parallel vertical walls, LL, and also provided with end wall recesses to receive thejournals of the lubricating-rollers, the upper roller F arranged between the said vertical parallel walls, and the lower roller arranged in the said recesses beneath the upper roller, and supported by the springs K, and the filling-tube secured to one of the end walls of the case, the whole adapted to be placed in and serve with an ordinaryaxlejournal box, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM MEGATHEY.

Witnesses:

J. H. BURRIDGE, O. H. TURNEY. 

